Sturla Gunnarsson is Canada’s resident Viking filmmaker. Born in Iceland, Gunnarsson lives in Toronto and makes films all over the world. His feature films, documentaries and television drama have won international acclaim, including an Emmy Award, Prix Italia, multiple Canadian Academy Awards and an Oscar nomination.

Gunnarsson is currently in Hungary, directing the CBS hostage-taking drama Ransom, and is developing an adaption of Wade Davis’ epic masterpiece, Into The Silence: The Great War, Mallory, and the Conquest of Everest.